SUSTAINFOOD’S STUDENT AND EARLY CAREER PROFESSIONALS (SECP) WEBINAR

Title: Exploring spatio-temporal hydrological and eco-environmental dynamics for integrated land and water resource management in the Upper Mzingwane sub-catchment of Zimbabwe

Description: Globally, water is acknowledged as indispensable. It is essential for both human life and environmental needs. However, water resources are threatened by human and climatic influences, such as drought, which may result in changes in their size and density. In such a context, integrated basin-wide water resource management could be an optimal way to ensure sustainability. In pursuit of integrated land and water resource management (ILWRM), there is often a paucity of baseline knowledge of water and surrounding ecological resources. To bridge these gaps, ecological and hydrological models are among the available tools used to improve the understanding of river basin characteristics.

Bright Chisadza is a PhD student in Agro-ecology and Food systems with Uganda Martyrs University. Bright has a B.Sc. in Agricultural Engineering, MPhil in Engineering (Study Area: Agro-Meteorology) and postgraduate diploma in GIS and Remote Sensing with Lupane State University. Bright Chisadza is currently a Lecturer and researcher at Lupane State University in Zimbabwe. Previously he has worked as a Provincial Agricultural Engineer for the Ministry of Agriculture in Matebeleland North Province in Zimbabwe for nearly 10 years. He has been involved in a number of smallholder Irrigation projects in Zimbabwe in aspects such as conducting feasibility studies, irrigation design, monitoring and provision irrigation extension and advisory services. He has vast experience, interest and passion in research, water, environment and climate issues. Bright strives to play a crucial role in improving the livelihoods of rural communities, particularly smallholder irrigation farmers through implementation of projects aiming at building resilience to the impacts of climate change.

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